Toy pistol.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1.903.

0, A, BAILEY. TOY PISTOL. APPLICATION FILED 001. 29, 1902.

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UNiTED STATES PATENT FFICE.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,534, dated April14, 1903. Application filed October 29,1902. Serial No. 129,289. on:model.)

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Be it known that LOHARLES A. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Cromwell, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain Improvements in Toy Pistols, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is animprovement in toy pistols, and relates moreespecially to the class known as cap-pistols? The primary object ofmyinvention is to provide a cap-pistol, similar to the ordinaryrevolver, whereby a certain number of caps may be exploded in quicksuccession.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pistol of thischaracter which shall be simple in construction,so that it can be man ufactu red and sold at small cost, and, furthermore, to provide apeculiar construction of cap carrier or disk by which the caps may bereadily loaded and unloaded and when loaded will be securely held inposition for the percussion of the hammer.

With the above objects in view my invention contemplates the productionof a cap-pistol comprising, in combination. with the ordinary handle andbarrel, a disk having a marginal series of cap-receptacles, ratchetteethby which the disk is revolved, and a polygonal hub for the engagement ofa spring which holds saiddisk in operative position, together with acombined trigger and hammer carrying a-pawl in engagement with theratchet teeth, all as hereinafter fully described, and more specificallyset forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a toy pistol constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional .view. Figs. 3 and4 are detailed views of the cap-carrier or disk.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views ofthe drawings.

In carrying out my invention and for the purpose of economyinmanufacture the pistol is made up of two longitudinal. part-s or halvesA and B, which are preferably of cast metal and wh'en'placed togetherprovidea handle and barrel of the usual style in this type of firearm.Directly in the rear of the barrel each section or half of the pistol isformed with a wall a, which when the said halves are placed togetherform a solid wall against which the cap-carrier, hereinafter described,may abut when struck by the hammer. At each side of the pistol, in rearof the barrel, is an opening a, and centrally there is a chamber a toreceive the revolving cap-carrier or disk, and in the opposite walls ofthis chamber in each half of the pistol} is formed a semicircular recessa which when the halves A and B are placed together provide bearings forthe cap carrier.

.C designates-the revolving cap-carrier or disk, which 1s provided witha marginal series of cap-receptacles c and on one face with an annularseries of ratchet-teeth d, corresponding in number with thecap-receptacles, and on the opposite face with'a hub e, having fiatsurfaces also of the same number and registering with the saidcap-receptacles. The cap-receptacles are made by an opening through thedisk, in the rear of which is a cross -bar f, not only for the purposeof holding the cap in place, but also to form an anvil against which thehammer strikes. On the same side with the cross-barfand between theopenings are ribs 9, which assist in holding the caps in place. Therevolving cap-receptacle is supported in the pistol upon a pin h, letinto the aforesaid recesses'ct ,'and when the two halves A and B areconnected together the pin will be firmly held without other securingmeans. A flat spring 6 bears upon the polygonal hub, so as to hold thedisk when turned and while the pawl, hereinafter mentioned, is travelingover the ratchetteeth.

M designatesthe combined hammer and trigger, which is pivoted upon a pinm and is engaged by the flat spring on, as is usual. Attached to thecombined hammer and trigger is a spring-pawl n, which extends forwardand engages the ratchet-teeth .on the revolving cap-carrier.

In loading the several receptacles of the cap-carrier the caps arepassed into the same from either side of' the pistol, opposite ends ofsaid cap being bent and inserted through the slits formed by thecross-bar f, the disk being turned to bring each cap-receptacle inposition for loading. After the pistol is loaded the caps may beexploded bythe hammer, which is operated by the trigger in the usualmanner. In cocking or drawing back upon the hammer the spring-pawl itturns the capcarrier to bring another cap in line With the hammer afterthe manner of an ordinary revolver.

A pistolofithis kind can be cheaply man ufactured and as it provides forfiring, a number of caps in quick succession will be preferred to theordinary cap-pistol firing but a single cap at a time, and its cheapnessof construction and facility for loading are important features.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a toy pistol, the combination, of the two halves A and B, eachhaving an opening a and a central chamber a a revolving capcarrierordisk mounted in said chamber to project through the openings andprovided with a marginal series of cap-receptacles each consistingof anopening with a cross-bar in the rear of the same and ribs at oppositesides of the cross-bar between the openings, the hammer, and means forturning the revolving cap-carrier.

2. In a toy pistol, the combination, of the two halves A and B, eachhaving an opening in the rear of the barrel, and recesses to receive apin; a revolving cap-carrier or disk 0 mounted on a pin seated in theaforesaid recesses and provided with ratchet-teeth and a polygonal hub,a spring bearing on said hub, and a spring-pawl on the hammer inengagement with the ratchet-teeth of the revolving cap-carrier, thelatterhaving cap-receptacles consisting each of an opening, a cross-barin the rear of the same, and ribs at each side of the openings, as shownand described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

CHAS. A. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. HUNT, ARTHUR BOARDMAN.

